Analytical Procedures for Nonprofits
Overview
Strong analytical procedures are critical for evaluating the fair presentation of financial statements. In addition, Financial statements are only as good as the information and trends that they produce for operational, strategic, or compliance purposes. This course will provide insights into how to determine the strength and efficiency of nonprofits in achieving objectives and knowledge to improve the analysis of the fair presentation of a nonprofit's financial statements.
Delivery Method: Individual webcast
CPE Credit: Auditing
Program Level: Intermediate
Highlights
- How to leverage preliminary and substantive analytic procedures to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of financial statement audits
- The required elements of a substantive analytic procedures to address detection risk
- Tips and traps of applying an analytic approach to satisfy audit objectives
- Explaining the usefulness of analyzing diverse trends and ratios in a nonprofit environment to meet the needs of various financial statement users
- Common ratios and trends to assess liquidity, operating efficiency, leverage, and more
Prerequisites
None
Designed For
Anyone responsible for analyzing or interpreting nonprofit financial statements
Objectives
- Explain how properly designed and performed analytical procedures contribute to reducing audit risk
- Describe the required elements of an analytical test that must be documented to satisfy professional standards
- Describe the most common financial statement analytics used to interpret the financial results of a nonprofit
- Common ratios and trends to assess liquidity, operating efficiency, leverage, and more
Preparation
Familiarity with the nonprofit industry
Leader(s):
Leader Bios
Jennifer Louis, Emergent Solutions Group, LLC
Jennifer F. Louis, CPA has over 25 years of experience in designing and instructing high-quality training programs in a wide variety of
technical and "soft skills" topics needed for professional and organization success. In 2003, she founded Emergent Solutions Group,
LLC, where she focuses her energy on designing and delivering high-quality, practical, and engaging accounting and auditing training.
She was most recently Director of Audit Product Development at Surgent Professional Education, and prior to that served as
Executive Vice President/Director of Training Services at AuditWatch, Inc., a highly-respected training and audit process consulting
firm. Before joining AuditWatch, Jennifer was the Financial/Operational Audit Manager at AARP. At the start of her professional
career, Jennifer was an Audit Manager for Deloitte & Touche LLP, where she frequently served as a local and national instructor.
Jennifer graduated summa cum laude from Marymount University with a BBA-Accounting. Besides loving life on the lake with her
husband in Charlotte, NC, she enjoys hiking with her little dog Frodo Beggins, and savoring any precious moments spent with her two
young adult boys.
Non-Member Price $109.00
Member Price $79.00